Ancient Egypt was a very important land in our history, but more important was the Nile River that ran through it. The Nile today is the longest river stretching over 4,000 miles long. It is fed by both the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Although it has an uncountable number of importances it has three main ones. The first is how it was used for travel. The second is how it was used for different religious purposes. The third is how it was used for the economy and life of ancient Egypt.
The Nile is very unique because you can travel both ways on it. You can travel either by taking the current or following the wind upstream. This was very useful to the Egyptians because it allowed them to go to different places and carry all of their goods back and forth. Without out the Nile most of the pyramids and monuments wouldn’t of been possible. They used huge boats to transport enormous amounts of rocks and bricks that make it possible for them to build the monuments. Also it was a very effective way
of cultural diffusion. People could transport themselves to places that without the river they would have never been able to go to. It is used today for travel also in different cruises and tours of Egypt. Traveling was extremely important but how it was used in religion is very important it self.
All of the settlements were founded on fertile part of the river, which are just the riverbanks of the Nile. Egypt would practically be all desert and sand with out the Nile running through it. This is where all of the farming was done because the soil was the best here. Everybody used the Nile for their daily activates and for practically anything and everything they did in their life. It presented many opportunities for food by providing wild game and fish and also providing all of the land making it possible to farm. This made it possible for them to make large amounts of different grains corns and other sources of food for the Egyptians. Also it was used for all of the drinking water and bathing water too. Almost any